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  • verb Present participle of chirr.

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Examples

  • "chirring" of the myriads of insects that haunted the bushy growth with which the whole face of the country was covered, and the occasional call of a bird.

    A Middy in Command A Tale of the Slave Squadron Harry Collingwood 1886

  • And as he sang, the memories of the tree from which the harp was made were awoken, and the people of the court were stunned to find themselves surrounded by the scents of spring, by the murmuring of a summer breeze, by the chirring of insects, the pattering of rain, the call of the cuckoo.

    Blood Ninja II Nick Lake 2010

  • He knew it was nighttime by the calls of the owls and chirring of the night insects.

    The Tudors: King Takes Queen Elizabeth Massie 2010

  • He knew it was nighttime by the calls of the owls and chirring of the night insects.

    The Tudors: King Takes Queen Elizabeth Massie 2010

  • And as he sang, the memories of the tree from which the harp was made were awoken, and the people of the court were stunned to find themselves surrounded by the scents of spring, by the murmuring of a summer breeze, by the chirring of insects, the pattering of rain, the call of the cuckoo.

    Blood Ninja II Nick Lake 2010

  • He knew it was nighttime by the calls of the owls and chirring of the night insects.

    The Tudors: King Takes Queen Elizabeth Massie 2010

  • And as he sang, the memories of the tree from which the harp was made were awoken, and the people of the court were stunned to find themselves surrounded by the scents of spring, by the murmuring of a summer breeze, by the chirring of insects, the pattering of rain, the call of the cuckoo.

    Blood Ninja II Nick Lake 2010

  • Outside the cave, in the brazen heat and light of a summer afternoon in Allaxios, only the insects were awake and chirring.

    Wildfire Sarah Micklem 2009

  • Outside the cave, in the brazen heat and light of a summer afternoon in Allaxios, only the insects were awake and chirring.

    Wildfire Sarah Micklem 2009

  • Outside the cave, in the brazen heat and light of a summer afternoon in Allaxios, only the insects were awake and chirring.

    Wildfire Sarah Micklem 2009

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